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Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism
8.2.1 Service delivery measures

Table 19: Selected service delivery measures for programme: P2 - Environmental Affairs
Estimated Medium-term estimates
performance
Programme performance measures 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26
Number of sustainable energy initiatives facilitated 4 4 4 4
Number of manufacturing initiatives facilitated 5 5 5 5
Number of agro-processing initiatives facilitated 3 4 4 4
Number of policies reviewed 1 1 1 1
Number of socio-economic intelligence reports produced 5 5 5 5

Number of SMMEs supported 70 70 70 70

Number of qualifying economic development projects funded at local and regional levels 11 11 11 11

Number of cooperatives provided with non-financial support 120 130 150 150
Number of business incubation programmes supported 2 2 2 2
Number of projects supported by the Provincial Economic Stimulus Fund – – – –
Value of funds spent on the Jobs Fund R9 million R9 million R9 million R9 million
W: R620 000 W: R620 000 W: R620 000 W: R620 000
Procurement spend on businesses owned by women, youth and people with disabilities Y: R580 000 Y: R580 000 Y: R580 000 Y: R580 000
D: R320 000 D: R320 000 D: R320 000 D: R320 000
Value spent on tourism marketing R18 million R19 million R20 million R20 million
Tourism Transformation 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2
Tourism experience diversification 36.0 36.0 36.0 36.0
Number of trade engagements in defence of source markets[2] 80 80 80 80
Provincial Nature Reserve promotion 18.0 18.0 18.0 18.0
Status report on implementation of tourism sector policies / strategies 2 2 2 2

Number of people trained 4 837 5 328 5 328 5 328
Number of consumer education programmes implemented 6 6 6 6
Value of tourism infrastructure upgrade in the ECPTA Nature Reserves (Economic Stimulus Fund) 13.0 million – – –
Status report on implementation of tourism sector policies / strategies 2 2 2 2
Number of people trained 13 300 13 300 13 300 13 300
Number of consumer education programmes implemented24 6 6 6 6

The department’s plans to increase the number of cooperatives funded in 2021/22, and to maintain support
to different sectors (sustainable energy, manufacturing and agro-processing) in the economy.

8.3 Programme 3: Environmental Affairs
Objectives: Administers environmental policies that are cascaded from national level in line with the
mandate of the department. It regulates environmental management through instruments such as the
environmental impact assessments, compliance and enforcement, air quality, waste and biodiversity
management tools. The programme is divided into 5 sub-programmes:
x Environmental Policy, Planning and Coordination: Ensure the integration of environment
objectives in national, provincial and local government planning, including provincial growth and
development strategies, and local economic developments plans and integrated plans;
x Compliance and Enforcement: Ensure that environmental compliance monitoring systems are
established and implemented and ensure the enforcement of legislation and environment
authorisations;
x Environmental Quality Management: Establish legislation, policies, norms, standards and
guidelines for environmental impact management, air quality management and management of
waste and pollution at provincial and local sphere of government;
x Biodiversity Management: Promote equitable and sustainable use of ecosystem goods and
services to contribute to economic development, by managing biodiversity, and its components,
processes, habitats and functions as well as effectively mitigate threats to biodiversity; and
x Environmental Empowerment Services: Empower and capacitate external stakeholders of the
department to meaningfully participate in and contribute to effective environmental management.

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